Oddbean

This is an important thing to understand on Mastodon: you don't see all the replies to a post. It's possible for evil people to propagate terrible hatred that only shows up for the person being attacked, but isn't visible to you. See explanation from @af2dd916 here: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111012743709881062 When Black users tell you there's racism, it doesn't matter that you didn't see it happen.

2/ This is a feature that needs improving, I think. Three ideas come to mind (cc @30b6b534 ) 1. Mark every post with global # of replies to remind everyone they're seeing a subset (I don't think this is a big help though) 2. Allow users to disengage from threads, exit a conversation they don't consent to, not just block users/instances. Not sure how this would work tho. 3. Make "followers only" and tagging a non-follower mutually-exclusive. Hmmm.

@14242b3f @af2dd916 Question: If you say "There is massive, ugly racism on this platform," and someone responds with "Can you cite some examples?" in your opinion, is that person denying that there is racism, has not seen or been subject to it, and wants to help, or just irritating you?

@14242b3f It does matter when I don't see things happen. I can't confirm what actually did. Sometimes people misunderstand. Sometimes they exaggerate. Black, white or candystripe sometimes they lie.

@14242b3f @af2dd916 >This is an important thing to understand on Mastodon: you don't see all the replies to a post. GEE I WONDER WHY I WONDER WHAT THING YOU ARE DOING THAT CAUSES THIS I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY PEOPLE ON MASTODON CANT SEE POSTS FROM THE 9 MILLION INSTANCES THEY BLOCK

>Trans women = women, trans men = men No, trans people are freaks. Women are women. Men are men. No amount of delusion can ever change that. https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1646874601014657026